Abstract: An enhanced network environment is provided by provisioning a device to utilize the 6 GHz frequency band. The device requires provisioning so as not to interfere with legacy systems. The provisioning includes obtaining exterior multiple fixed power measurements to obtain a virtualized location and a virtualized power level. The elevation is then modified based on an actual height from ground level of the device. The location of the device and a virtualized equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) can then be sent to an automated frequency controller (AFC) resource to obtain an EIRP mask that can be used to provision the device so that the device can operate in the 6 GHz frequency band without causing interference with any other systems. Once provisioned, the device can be registered with the AFC resource.

Abstract: A wireless communication network receives a current message that relates to a user device for delivery to a network function. The network writes the current message to a queue. The network determines if the queue stores one or more prior messages that relate to the user device. The network transfers the current message from the queue for delivery to the network function when the queue does not store the one or more prior messages for the user device. When the queue for the user device does store the one or more prior messages for the user device, the network prioritizes the current message and the one or more prior messages by network function type and transfers the current message and the one or more prior messages that relate to the user device from the queue for delivery to the network function based on the prioritization.

Abstract: An information processing method, a device and a processor-readable storage medium are provided.

Abstract: A method and User Equipment (UE) for estimating locations of obstacles to signal transmission in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method involves at the UE in communication with the network, in response to receiving a reference signal from a neighboring node via a non-line-of-sight (NLoS) transmission, transmitting an identification of the neighboring node to network equipment implementing the wireless communications network to facilitate estimating locations of the obstacles to signal transmission based on estimates of the location of the UE and the neighboring node.

Abstract: Systems and methods for avoiding radio frequency (RF) interference are discussed herein. To protect incumbent stations of a communications network, a wireless carrier can direct signals transmitted by network sites away from the proximal incumbent sites or can prevent transmitting signals from the network sites in the direction(s) of the proximal incumbent sites. The disclosed systems and methods can prevent interference by not transmitting the network signal in a direction of a proximal incumbent site without any prior information about the incumbent stations relative to proximal network sites (e.g., location, height, or the like). The disclosed systems and methods can transmit test signals, receive confirmation signals, and analyze confirmation signals to determine the direction(s) in which to not transmit network signals.

Abstract: A large-scale radio frequency signal information processing and analysis system that provides advanced signal analysis for telecommunication applications, including band capacity and geographical density determinations and detection, classification, identification, and geolocation of signals across a wide range of frequencies and across broad geographical areas. The system may utilize a range of novel algorithms for bin-wise processing, Rayleigh distribution analysis, telecommunication signal classification, receiver anomaly detection, transmitter density estimation, transmitter detection and location, geolocation analysis, telecommunication activity estimation, telecommunication utilization estimation, frequency utilization estimation, and data interpolation.

Abstract: Device, systems, and/or techniques for using sub-channel signaling information between an access point and a first station are disclosed. An uplink trigger sent from the access point to the first station may be received. A map may be transmitted from the first station indicating at least one sub-channel that is available for spatial sharing by a second station. The first station may receive an acknowledgement from the access point that data was transmitted from the second station on the at least one sub-channel and/or received by the at least one access point. An OFDMA transmission having a sub-channel/sub-band available for transmitting data may be determined. An energy in the sub-channel/sub-band may be measured and/or compared to a dynamic and/or static threshold. Whether a sub-channel/sub-band is free or busy may be determined for example based on if the measured energy is, or is not, greater than the threshold.

Abstract: A user equipment, method used in a user equipment, and an apparatus for a user equipment include receiving from a first cell operated in a licensed band, configuration information configuring a second cell operated in an unlicensed band, performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure on the second cell, counting a number of failures of the LBT procedure on the second cell, and transmitting information based on the number of failures of the LBT procedure on the second cell, to the first cell operated in the licensed band, the information indicating the failure of the LBT procedure on the second cell.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for MDT measurement are provided. In one aspect, a method for MDT measurement includes: obtaining MDT measurement configuration information for one or more preset types of network devices, the MDT measurement configuration information including at least a signal strength threshold for the preset type of network device; sending the MDT measurement configuration information to user equipment (UE), such that the UE performs MDT measurement upon detecting that signal strength of the preset type of network device exceeds the signal strength threshold; receiving information on the MDT measurement of the preset type of network device from the UE.

Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided, which may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An uplink transmission method is provided, which can increase an uplink coverage through improvement of reception reliability of uplink control information and data information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include channel state information processing methods and apparatuses. One example method includes configuring, by a network device, at least one piece of CSI reporting configuration information and resource configuration information corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration information, where one piece of the CSI reporting configuration information corresponds to at least two pieces of resource configuration information, wherein one resource configuration information is used for interference measurement and includes a CSI-RS resource set, wherein one resource configuration information is used for channel measurement and includes a NZP CSI-RS resource, and wherein one CSI-RS resource set corresponds to at least one CSI report. The at least one piece of CSI reporting configuration information and the resource configuration information is sent to a terminal device.

Abstract: An information reporting method, an information reporting configuration method, a user equipment and a network side device are provided. The information reporting method is applied to the user equipment and includes reporting information of a frequency domain location where the user equipment is located recorded by the user equipment and/or information of a frequency domain location where the user equipment is currently located.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide techniques and requirements for radio resource management (RRM) measurements. For example, embodiments include techniques and requirements associated with: channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) based inter-frequency RRM measurements when the CSI-RS bandwidth and the active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) are partially overlapped; adaptive RRM CSI-RS configuration and DL gap allocation by user equipment (UE) capability indication; and/or neighboring cell RRM CSI-RS measurement requirements when serving cell RRM CSI-RS is not configured. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, in a full duplex communication mode, a data transmission or a control transmission; perform a self-interference measurement (SIM) associated with an uplink transmit beam from a first panel and a downlink receive beam from a second panel of the UE, based at least in part on at least part of the data transmission or the control transmission; and transmit a measurement report indicating the SIM. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A beam reporting method and a communications apparatus is provided. The method includes that a terminal device receives first information, where the first information is used to configure at least two reference signal resource groups; and sending, by the terminal device, reporting information, where the reporting information includes related information of at least two beams, the at least two beams are used to send reference signals carried on at least two reference signal resources, and the reference signals sent by using the at least two beams can be simultaneously received by the terminal device, where the at least two reference signal resources are respectively from the at least two reference signal resource groups. In this application, related information of beams of at least two transmission points is reported through one time of beam scanning, to implement beam training in a CoMP system.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration of a set of resource elements for Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell-specific reference signal (LTE-CRS) interference measurements associated with one or more neighboring LTE cells. The UE may perform the LTE-CRS interference measurements on the set of resource elements. The UE may transmit, to the base station, an interference measurement indication based at least in part on the LTE-CRS interference measurements. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: The implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method and a device for measuring interference or signal received power, the method includes: a terminal device measures channel sounding reference signal SRS resources to obtain a reference signal received power RSRP value corresponding to at least one SRS resource; on the basis of the RSRP value corresponding to the at least one SRS resource, the terminal device determines a value to be reported; and the terminal device reports the value to be reported to a network device.

Abstract: Edge service deployment with network slice invocation is provided, which includes obtaining one or more service-related parameters for network slice invocation to support an edge service instance, and requesting a network slice from a network based on the obtained one or more service-related parameters. The requesting from the network is via a collaboration platform. Further, the edge service deployment and network slice invocation includes receiving from the network, based on requesting of the network slice, network slice invocation codes, and initiating activating of the edge service instance over the network slice of the network using the network slice invocation codes.

Abstract: A method for a terminal for reporting measurement data may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, interference measurement resource (IMR) configuration data or sounding reference symbol (SRS) configuration data for measuring terminal-to-terminal (UE-to-UE) cross-link interference; measuring UE-to-UE cross-link interference on the basis of IMR or SRS configuration data; and transmitting a report containing the measured UE-to-UE cross-link interference measurement value to the base station.

Abstract: For pre-processing Packet Data Converge Protocol (PDCP) Protocol Data Units (PDU), a method receives a configuration of a reference uplink grant. In response to receiving the configuration of the reference uplink grant, the method calculates a preprocessing threshold of PDU for preprocessing by a Radio Link Control (RLC)/Medium Access Control (MAC) for each of one or more radio bearers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiver-centric transmission system for IoT systems, such as lighting networks, with combo protocol radio chips that share a single radio front-end for two or more transmission protocols of different network technologies while preventing unacceptable performance degradations in one or both protocol modes. The receiver-centric approach allows implementation of two networks with acceptable performances on one single radio chip per node rather than requiring two radio chips per node.

Abstract: A wireless communication device comprising a processor configured to obtain first information on network conditions and second information on packets delivered to another communication device during a current target wake time (TWT) session, and to update a TWT service period (SP) duration for a future TWT session based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: A communication method of a first sidelink terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The communication method includes obtaining sidelink radio bearer configuration information, identifying default sidelink radio bearer information in the sidelink radio bearer configuration information, and transmitting data to a base station or a second sidelink terminal based on the default sidelink radio bearer information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission method and a terminal device. The data transmission method includes: obtaining interface information of an external device communication protocol and a 3GPP network protocol; and receiving or sending, by a first protocol entity of an external device communication protocol stack, data according to the interface information through a second protocol entity of an air interface protocol stack of a 3GPP network.

Abstract: A method of managing traffic associated with a User Equipment, UE, by a User Plane Function, UPF, in a telecommunication network, said UPF being associated with a Session Management Function, SMF, and a Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF, wherein said UPF has access to an observation space comprising a list of possible states said network may take and wherein said UPF has access to an action space comprising a list of possible actions that said UPF is allowed to perform, said method comprising the steps of receiving a state of said network, wherein said state is comprised by said list of possible states, receiving a reward, wherein said reward indicates a degree of satisfaction of said network to be in said state, receiving network traffic from said UE and performing, triggered by said received traffic, an action comprised by said list of possible actions based on said received state of said network and based on said received reward.

Abstract: A system described herein may apply an authorized set of traffic parameters, such as network slicing parameters, Quality of Service (“QoS”) parameters, etc. to traffic associated with a particular application, without exposing an identifier of the traffic to one or more network devices of a network that handles the traffic. A client associated with a User Equipment (“UE”) may selectively apply traffic parameters to traffic associated with the particular application further based on whether a UE-side authorization of the particular application for the traffic parameters has been performed. The UE may present a user interface via which a user may select whether to authorize or deny the use of traffic parameters, authorized by the network, for the particular application. If the particular application has been authorized by both the network and the user of the UE, the UE may apply the traffic parameters to traffic associated with the particular application.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses of processing data in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node using new radio (NR) wireless communication technology. The method of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node processes data, includes: configuring a mobile-termination (MT) function and a distribute unit function of the IAB node; monitoring an uplink buffer state or a downlink buffer state in the IAB node; and transmitting downlink buffer state information or uplink buffer state information to the donor base station or an associated parent IAB node on the basis of a monitoring result of the uplink buffer state or the downlink buffer state.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to delay measurement methods and apparatus. In one example method, a first communications device receives a data unit from a second communications device, where the data unit includes time information, the time information is used to indicate a first moment at which the second communications device sends the data unit, and the time information indicates the first moment based on a part of bits of a frame number. The first communications device determines a delay from the second communications device to the first communications device based on the first moment and a second moment, where the second moment is a moment at which the first communications device receives the data unit.

Abstract: This invention introduces methods and mechanisms of partial integrity protection in mobile systems. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from a network device, user plane data having integrity protection; send an error indication indicating an integrity protection error relating to the user plane data; and receive retransmitted user plane data from the network device with a reduced data rate, based on the error indication.

Abstract: A user equipment for a mobile communication network is provided. The mobile communication network has a radio access network including a plurality of cells and being configured to serve the user equipment within a cell. To receive a data packet from the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to receive a plurality of different versions of the data packet transmitted by the radio access network to the user equipment in parallel via different physical resources. To provide a data packet to the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to provide a plurality of different versions of the data packet and to transmit the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Multiple user equipments (UEs) may communicate as part of a sidelink communications system. The UEs may identify a frame for a sidelink connection. The frame may include a control portion and a data portion. One UE of a pair of UEs may receive a data signal from the other UE of the pair, and the data signal may be received in the data portion of the first instance of the frame and in the control portion of a second instance of the frame. Another pair of UEs may attempt to reserve a subsequent data portion by transmitting a request signal in the control portion in the second instance of the frame, and the second pair of UEs may receive a suppression signal from the first pair of UEs indicating ongoing data transmission by the first pair of UEs.

Abstract: A data processing method includes: determining, by a PDCP entity of a terminal, at least one first transmission path that is in a transmission path set currently in an activated state and that needs to be changed from the activated state to a deactivated state; and instructing, by the PDCP entity of the terminal, a RLC entity corresponding to the first transmission path to discard duplicated data, in a case where the at least one first transmission path is not all transmission paths in the transmission path set. The transmission path set comprises at least one transmission path.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and system related to adaptive determination of payload sizes based on usage patterns of the contents are disclosed. In one example aspect, an apparatus for wireless communication includes a processor that is configured to transmit a first data packet associated with a first network content to a user device, receive a request from the user device indicating a switch to a second network content from the first network content, determine a usage pattern associated with the first network content based on information included in at least the first data packet and the request, and adaptively change, based on the usage pattern, a payload size of a second data packet associated with a subsequent transmission of the first network content.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards embodiments are directed toward systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamically determining an uplink data split threshold for communicating using one or more radio link control (RLC) entities of a split bearer configuration. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes inputting a first set of parameters to a machine learning algorithm, obtaining, as an output of the machine learning algorithm based at least in part on the inputted first set of parameters, a value for a data split threshold, and transmitting the data using at least one of a first RLC entity or the second RLC entity based on the value for the data split threshold and the amount of data the apparatus has to transmit.

Abstract: Optimizing carrier aggregation assignment for relay nodes by assigning all available component carriers within a sector towards relay node transmissions regardless of a buffer status of the relay nodes. Embodiments include stationary relay nodes and those with consistent channel states.

Abstract: A first communication device generates a beacon frame that includes i) parameters of a broadcast target wake time (TWT) schedule and ii) information regarding a quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule. The first communication device transmits the beacon frame to inform one or more second communication devices of i) the parameters of the broadcast TWT schedule and ii) the quantity of client stations that have currently joined the broadcast TWT schedule.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for flexible resource reservations in sidelink communications. An example method that may be executed by a first user equipment (UE) includes determining, for sidelink communications with a second UE, one or more first resource reservations and one or more second resource reservations. The second resource reservations may have a different frequency resource allocation than the first resource reservations. The method also includes transmitting, to the second UE, control information having an indication of the first resource reservations and the second resource reservations. The method further includes communicating with the second UE based on the first resource reservations and the second resource reservations.

Abstract: Method, apparatuses, and computer program product for network slice minimum and maximum resource quotas with soft limits. One method may include sending by a user, a request for user connection to a network element, the request resulting in resource quota reservation in a specific network concept. The method may also include receiving from the network element, an indication of whether the request was successful or unsuccessful. The request may include at least one procedure or action indicating network resource availability. The method may further include receiving allocated resources according to resource allocation rules specific to whether the user is entitled to use the allocated resources, and whether a user connection, a session, a bearer, a signaling connection or a data radio bearer request was successful.

Abstract: This application provides a method for controlling disorder of downlink data and an apparatus thereof. The method includes: A control plane network element determines to switch from a first user plane device to a second user plane device, and sends indication information to the second user plane device. The second user plane device buffers, according to the received indication information, downlink data received from a session anchor, and sends the buffered downlink data after reception of an end marker from the first user plane device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for transitioning a call between two devices are disclosed herein. An origin device for the call is determined based on a first position of an ultra-wideband (UWB) device. A destination device for the call is then determined based on a second position of the UWB device. The UWB device sends transition commands to both the origin device and the destination device, each transition command including an identifier of the other device. Using the identifier of the origin device, the destination device connects to the call the origin device is currently participating in. When the origin device detects that the destination device has connected to the call, the origin device disconnects from the call.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for secondary base station change in a mobile communication system are provided. Method for secondary node change includes receiving conditional reconfiguration information from the base station, transmitting to the base station a first response message with a transaction identifier, performing evaluation based on the configuration generated by a second base station and transmitting a second response message with an identifier indicating which conditional reconfiguration is executed.

Abstract: A method for switching between different RATs is provided. The method is executed by a mobile communications device camping on a first cell using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT). The method includes: determining, by a controller of the mobile communications device, a data transmission rate of the mobile communications device in the first cell; sending, by the controller, a first measurement report according to the determined data transmission rate, wherein the first measurement report is intended to trigger a handover procedure initiated by the first cell or to release a radio resource control (RRC) connection; and switching, by the controller, to camp on a second cell using a second RAT via the handover procedure or a local releasing procedure after the sending of the first measurement report.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method performed by a UE in a communication system includes: receiving, from a base station associated with NR, a command message for inter-RAT handover from the NR to a target RAT, wherein the command message includes information on a type of the target RAT; performing a procedure associated with the inter-RAT handover based on the command message; in case that a failure condition for the inter-RAT handover is satisfied, identifying that the inter-RAT handover fails; and in case that the type of the target RAT is set to EUTRA and the UE supports a radio link failure report for inter-RAT MRO EUTRA, storing handover failure information in a variable for the radio link failure report based on an identification that the inter-RAT handover fails.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for optimizing resource consumption by bringing intelligence to the key allocation process for fast roaming. Specifically, embodiments of the disclosed technology use machine learning to predict which AP a wireless client device will migrate to next. In some embodiments, machine learning may also be used to select a subset of top neighbors from a neighborhood list. Thus, instead of allocating keys for each of the APs on the neighborhood list, key allocation may be limited to the predicted next AP, and the subset of top neighbors. In some embodiments, a reinforcement learning model may be used to dynamically adjust the size of the subset in order to optimize resources while satisfying variable client demand.

Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for coordinating communication of data packets between a user device and a core network are disclosed. The system includes a first device communicatively coupled to the core network, a second device communicatively coupled to the first device. The second device receives signals from the user device. The first device and the second device share at least one functionality associated with layer 2 of a long term evolution radio access network.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for handling a radio link failure timer in the presence of a conditional handover command. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a serving cell, a conditional handover command for handing over the UE to a target neighbor cell, wherein the conditional handover command includes one or more triggering conditions for executing a handover to a candidate target cell; monitoring one or more first signals from the candidate target cell for the one or more triggering conditions; and performing one of: stopping a timer based on performing a conditional handover to the target candidate cell; or detecting a timer has expired while monitoring the one or more first signals from the candidate target cell for the one or more triggering conditions.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate, e.g., to a method performed by a wireless device for handling communication in a wireless communication network. The wireless device transmits to a radio network node, a first preamble associated with a selected downlink beam. The wireless device further monitors for a random access response, RAR, in a first RAR reception window and when the RAR is not received in the first RAR reception window, monitors for the RAR in a second RAR reception window of a different beam or to transmit, to the radio network node, a second preamble associated with a second beam wherein the first preamble is associated with a channel state information reference signal and the second preamble is associated with a synchronization signal block.

Abstract: When a first radio of a UE has an air-interface connection with an access node on a first carrier and the UE encounters a trigger for the UE to scan for and report to the access node coverage on a second carrier, a second radio of the UE, rather than the first radio of the UE, will conduct the scanning, and the first radio of the UE will then report to access node over the air-interface connection on the first carrier a result of the scanning conducted by the second radio. Optimally, the first radio of the UE thus need not tune away from its air-interface connection with the access node in order for the UE to scan for target coverage on the second carrier. And the process could thereby help avoid the interruption of communication between the UE and the access node on the air-interface connection over the first carrier.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) measure and report cell measurements for neighboring cells to assist the wireless network with handover decisions. In some cases, the UE may be configured to report beam-level measurements for just a subset of neighboring cells instead of each neighboring cell. For example, the UE may measure, or report beam measurements for a subset of the neighboring cells which meet configured criteria or are included in a subset of cells configured by the serving cell. Techniques for configuring and maintaining the subset of cells are described herein. For example, the cells in the subset may be configured by the UE or the serving cell of UE. A cell may also be removed from the subset if the cell does not continue to meet criteria for being included in the subset.